Potassium Hydroxide → 3-(2,3,4-Trimethoxyphenyl)-2-propenoic acid

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Ethyl 3-(2,3,4-trimethoxyphenyl)propenoate (1.15 g) was dissolved in ethanol (20 mL), and to the solution 10% potassium hydroxide (1.21 g) was added, and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 5 hours. The reaction mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure, water was added to the residue, and the mixture was adjusted to pH 2 with 2 M hydrochloric acid and extracted with ethyl acetate. The resultant organic layer was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and then concentrated under reduced pressure to obtain the title compound.

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